Rainey v. Commonwealth

Lloyd William Rainey has been convicted of the crime of attempted rape, and he has been sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

The Attorney General, in his brief, states that “The statement of facts contained in the petition of the accused may be taken as true and will not be amplified here.” In brief it discloses that on the night of January 24, 1937, the accused and Geneva Melvin were arrested by the police officers *894of Norfolk while they were occupying a parked automobile stationed on 24th street. He was charged with attempted rape.

There was no pretense that the…